lōrum

lōrum, i ( lōrus, i, m., Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480), n. [for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. eulêra, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo], a thong.

Lit.:

vincire vis? en ostendo manus: tu habes lora,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 18: vis subigit verum fateri;

ita lora laedunt brachia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 9; Liv. 9, 10:

celsa lorum cervice ferentem,

a leash, Grat. Cyn. 213; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

sella loris intenta,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

arcano sacra ferens nutantia loro,

Juv. 2, 125.—

In gen., leather:

signum de paupere loro,

Juv. 5, 165.—

Transf., plur.: lōra, the reins of a bridle:

loris ducere equos,

Liv. 35, 34:

lora dare,

to give the reins to the horses, slacken the reins, Verg. G. 3, 107:

lora tende,

draw the reins tight, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

fortius uti loris,

id. M. 2, 127:

lora remisit,

id. ib. 2, 200:

Automedon lora tenebat,

Juv. 1, 61.—

A whip, lash, scourge:

quin loris caedite, si lubet,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 42; id. Ps. 1, 2, 12:

loris uri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 47:

loris caedere aliquem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8; Quint. 5, 10, 88:

loris rumpere aliquem,

Dig. 47, 10, 15; Juv. 6, 414.—

The girdle of Venus:

dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro,

Mart. 6, 21, 9.—

The leathern bulla, worn by children of the poorer class, Juv. 5, 165; v. bulla.—

= membrum virile, Petr. 13; Mart. 7, 58, 3; 10, 55, 5.—

A slender vinebranch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—

Lorum vomitorium, a thong thrust into the throat to produce vomiting, Scrib. Comp. 180.

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lōrum, i ( lōrus, i, m., Petr. 57, 8; App. M. 3, p. 135, 13; Schol. ap. Juv. 6, 480), n. [for vlorum, from a ground-form vlārom; Gr. eulêra, reins; root perh. val-; cf. volvo], a thong.

Lit.:

vincire vis? en ostendo manus: tu habes lora,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 18: vis subigit verum fateri;

ita lora laedunt brachia,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 9; Liv. 9, 10:

celsa lorum cervice ferentem,

a leash, Grat. Cyn. 213; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147:

sella loris intenta,

Quint. 6, 3, 25:

arcano sacra ferens nutantia loro,

Juv. 2, 125.—

In gen., leather:

signum de paupere loro,

Juv. 5, 165.—

Transf., plur.: lōra, the reins of a bridle:

loris ducere equos,

Liv. 35, 34:

lora dare,

to give the reins to the horses, slacken the reins, Verg. G. 3, 107:

lora tende,

draw the reins tight, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 72:

fortius uti loris,

id. M. 2, 127:

lora remisit,

id. ib. 2, 200:

Automedon lora tenebat,

Juv. 1, 61.—

A whip, lash, scourge:

quin loris caedite, si lubet,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 42; id. Ps. 1, 2, 12:

loris uri,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 47:

loris caedere aliquem,

Cic. Phil. 8, 8; Quint. 5, 10, 88:

loris rumpere aliquem,

Dig. 47, 10, 15; Juv. 6, 414.—

The girdle of Venus:

dixit et arcano percussit pectora loro,

Mart. 6, 21, 9.—

The leathern bulla, worn by children of the poorer class, Juv. 5, 165; v. bulla.—

= membrum virile, Petr. 13; Mart. 7, 58, 3; 10, 55, 5.—

A slender vinebranch, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 11.—

Lorum vomitorium, a thong thrust into the throat to produce vomiting, Scrib. Comp. 180.

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flăgellum, i, n. dim. [flagrum], a whip, scourge; more severe than scutica.

(Cf. also: flagrum, verber, lorum.) Lit.:

nec scuticā dignum horribili sectere flagello,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 119; cf.:

ille flagellis Ad mortem caesus,

id. ib. 1, 2, 41; Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Dig. 48, 19, 10; Hor. Epod. 4, 11; Cat. 25, 11; Ov. Ib. 185; Juv. 6, 479.—

Transf.

A riding-whip, Verg. A. 5, 579; Sil. 4, 441; a whip for driving cattle, Col. 2, 2, 26.—

The thong of a javelin, Verg. A. 7, 731.—

A young branch or shoot, a vine-shoot, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 3; Verg. G. 2, 299; Cat. 62, 52; Col. 3, 6, 3 al.—

The arm of a polypus, Ov. M. 4, 367.—

In late Lat., a threshing-flail, Hier. Isa. 28.—

A tuft of hair, Sid. Ep. 1, 2.—

Trop., the lash or stings of conscience ( poet.), Lucr. 3, 1019; Juv. 13, 195; cf.

of the goad of love,

Hor. C. 3, 26, 11.

gesto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [gero].

Act., to bear, to carry, to have; to wear, wield (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; for fero, porto, gero, habeo).

Lit.:

quae olim parva gestavit crepundia,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 36:

quae nisi fecissem, frustra Telamone creatus Gestasset laeva taurorum tergora septem (i. e. scutum),

Ov. M. 13, 347:

clavos trabales et cuneos manu ahena (Necessitas),

Hor. C. 1, 35, 19:

gemmam digito,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 158:

coronam lauream capite,

Suet. Tib. 69; cf. Ov. M. 2, 366:

ferrum et scopulos gestare in corde,

id. ib. 7, 33:

non obtunsa adeo gestamus pectora,

Verg. A. 1, 567; cf.:

neque jam livida gestat armis Brachia,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 10:

mercem sine fucis,

id. S. 1, 2, 83:

quem ego puerum tantillum in manibus gestavi meis,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 24: post cervicibus fractis caput abscidit, idque affixum gestari jussit in pilo, * Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 27, 3:

agnam lecticā,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 214:

dorso, sicut jumenta, onera gestare,

Curt. 4, 2; cf.:

arma umeris,

Liv. 27, 48, 16:

in umeris,

Vulg. Isa. 46, 7:

suum in pectore testem,

Juv. 13, 198:

cur in hoc digito gestaretur annulus,

Macr. Sat. 7, 13, 11:

lorum in collo pro bullae decore,

id. ib. 1, 6, 13.— Absol.:

(elephantos) decem annis gestare in utero vulgus existimat,

to go with young, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 28:

ex urbe atque Italia irritamenta gulae gestabantur,

Tac. H. 2, 62; cf. Sen. Q. N. 5 fin. —

In partic., gestari, to be carried about (in a litter, carriage, boat, etc.), to take the air, to ride, drive, sail, etc., for pleasure:

nunc exerceamur, nunc gestemur, nunc prandeamus,

Sen. Ep. 122 med.; cf. Mart. 12, 17, 3:

gestatus bijugis Regulus esset equis,

id. 1, 13, 8:

porticus in qua gestetur dominus,

Juv. 7, 179:

equus gestandi gratia commodatum,

for the sake of a ride, Gai. Inst. 3, 196; cf. in the foll. II.—

Trop.:

hicine non gestandus in sinu est?

i. e. to be dearly loved, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 75:

tu quidem Meum animum gestas: scis, quid acturus siem,

know my wish, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 11; cf.:

rex te ergo in oculis... gestare,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11.—

In partic., to carry about, to report, blab, tell:

homines qui gestant quique auscultant crimina,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 12:

pessimum genus hominum videbatur, qui verba gestarent: sunt qui vitia gestant,

Sen. Ep. 123.—

Neutr., like veho, in the signif. of I. A. 2., to be carried out, to ride, drive, sail, etc., to take the air (very rare):

simul gestanti, conspecto delatore ejus, Vis, inquit, etc.,

Suet. Dom. 11:

ne ad gestandum quidem umquam aliter iter ingressus, quam ut, etc.,

id. Galb. 8.

hăbēna, ae, f. [habeo; lit., that by which a thing is held; hence, in partic.], a thong, strap.

Lit.:

ille (turbo) actus habenā,

Verg. A. 7, 380:

cum jaculum parvā Libys amentavit habenā,

Luc. 6, 221:

Balearis tortor habenae,

id. 3, 710:

in scalis latuit metuens pendentis habenae,

i. e. of the whip-lash, whip, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 15:

molles galeae habenae,

Val. Fl. 6, 365:

plantarum calces tantum infimae teguntur: cetera prope nuda et teretibus habenis vincta sunt,

shoestrings, Gell. 13, 21, 5.—

Esp., a rein (usually in plur.; cf.:

lorum, corrigia): exhortatur equos, quorum per colla jubasque Excutit habenas,

Ov. M. 5, 404; cf.:

omnes effundit habenas,

Verg. A. 5, 818;

so of the reins,

id. ib. 10, 576; 11, 600; 670;

765 et saep.: quam potuit effusissimis habenis, stationem hostium invadit,

Liv. 37, 20, 10.— Poet.:

pedes aequat habenas,

the riders, Val. Fl. 6, 95.—

Transf.

A small strip of diseased flesh cut out from the body:

tenuis excidenda habena est,

Cels. 7, 17 fin.; cf.: habenula.—Far more freq.,

In gen., a rein; also abstr., direction, management, government:

quis regere immensi summam, quis habere profundi indu manu validas potis est moderanter habenas?

Lucr. 2, 1096:

fluminibus vestris totas immittite habenas,

give the reins to, Ov. M. 1, 280; Val. Fl. 6, 391:

(ventis) regem dedit, qui foedere certo Et premere et laxas sciret dare jussus habenas,

Verg. A. 1, 63:

furit immissis Vulcanus habenis,

id. ib. 5, 662:

classique immittit habenas,

id. ib. 6, 1; cf. Lucr. 5, 787; Verg. G. 2, 364:

vates rege vatis habenas,

Ov. F. 1, 25: legum, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166:

commodissimum est quam laxissimas habenas habere amicitiae, quas vel adducas cum velis vel remittas,

Cic. Lael. 13, 45:

alicui moderandi et regendi sui potestatem quasi quasdam habenas tradere,

id. de Or. 1, 52, 226; id. Rep. 1, 5:

accepisse Numam populi Latialis habenas,

Ov. M. 15, 481; cf.

also: rerumque reliquit habenas,

Verg. A. 7, 600:

linquam datas habenas,

Val. Fl. 1, 560: irarumque omnes effundit habenas, Verg. A. 12, 499.—In sing.:

Latiae diffisus habenae,

i. e. of the Roman dominion, Sil. 13, 34; Gell. 14, 1, 4.

lōrĕus, a, um, adj. [lorum], of thongs, made of thongs.

Lit.:

funes,

Cato, R. R. 3, 5; 12; 63.—

Transf.: ego vostra faciam latera lorea. I will cut your hide into strips, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 2.

lūra ( lōra), ae, f. [from same root as lorum, q. v.], prop. a thong; hence, the mouth of a skin or leathern bag, which was closed by a thong: lura os cullei vel etiam utris: unde lurcones capacis gulae homines et bonorum suorum consumptores, Paul. ex Fest. p. 120.—

Transf., a skin, leathern sack, Aus. Perioch. Odyss. 10 (In Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21, 48, Fischer conjectures furi, v. h. l.).

trĕmŭlus, a, um, adj. [tremo].

Lit., shaking, quaking, quivering, trembling, tremulous ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

anus,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 3; cf.:

incurvus, tremulus, labiis demissis, gemens,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 45:

manus annisque metuque,

Ov. M. 10, 414; so,

anni,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 73:

tempus,

Cat. 61, 161:

passus (senilis hiemis),

Ov. M. 15, 212:

artus,

Lucr. 3, 7:

manus,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 142:

guttur, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14: ut mare fit tremulum, tenui cum stringitur aura,

Ov. H. 11, 75:

harundo,

id. M. 11, 190:

canna,

id. ib. 6, 326:

cupressus,

Petr. 131: flamma, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Verg. E. 8, 105; cf.:

jubar ignis,

Lucr. 5, 696:

ignes,

id. 4, 405:

lumen,

Verg. A. 8, 22:

motus,

Lucr. 3, 301:

horror,

Prop. 1, 5, 15:

lorum,

Luc. 4, 444:

colores,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 356:

equi,

i.e. restless, spirited, Nemes. Cyn. 256 (cf. Verg. G. 3, 84 and 250).— Subst.: sacopenium sanat vertigines, tremulos, opisthotonicos, i.e. shaking or trembling in the joints, Plin. 20, 18, 75, § 197; 20, 9, 34, § 85; 23, 4, 47, § 92.—In neutr., adverb.:

(puella) tam tremulum crissat,

tremblingly, Mart. 14, 203, 1. —

Transf., act., that causes one to shake or shiver:

frigus,

Cic. Arat. 68.—

* Adv.: trĕmŭlē, tremblingly, App. M. 5, p. 168, 28.

verber, ĕris (nom., dat., and acc. sing. do not occur, and the sing. in gen. very rarely; Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 476), n., a lash, whip, scourge, rod (syn.: scutica, flagrum),

Lit. (rare; perh. not in Cic., but cf. in II. B.).

Plur.: Tr. Quid me fiet nunc jam? Th. Verberibus caedere, lutum, pendens, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45:

verberibus caedere,

id. Pers. 2, 3, 17; Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

adulescentem nudari jubet verberaque adferri,

Liv. 8, 28, 4:

verbera saetosa movebat arator,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 25; Verg. A. 5, 147; Quint. Decl. 19, 3.—

Sing.:

illi instant verbere torto,

Verg. G. 3, 106:

Phoebus equos stimuloque domans et verbere Saevit,

Ov. M. 2, 399:

conscendit equos Gradivus et ictu Verberis increpuit,

id. ib. 14, 821:

pecora verbere domantur,

Sen. Const. 12, 3;

of a top: volitans sub verbere turbo,

Verg. A. 7, 378.—

Transf.

Concr., a thong of a sling and other similar missile weapons ( poet.;

syn. lorum),

Verg. G. 1, 309; Sil. 1, 314; Luc. 3, 469.—

Abstr., a lashing, scourging, flogging, etc. (class.; syn. plaga).

Lit.

Plur.:

dignus es verberibus multis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 71:

tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 115:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciare,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11; id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; id. Rep. 1, 38, 59; 2, 37, 62; id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Quint. 1, 3, 15; 4, 2, 113; 11, 1, 40; 11, 3, 90; 11, 3, 117; Hor. S. 1, 3, 121:

cum positā stares ad verbera veste,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 19:

saeva,

id. ib. 1, 13, 18:

tergum foedum vestigiis verberum,

Liv. 2, 23, 7:

post verbere,

Stat. Th. 2, 143; 2, 172.—

Sing.:

percutimur caput conversae verbere virgae,

Ov. M. 14, 300; Sen. Herc. Fur. 801.—

Of inanim. things, a stripe, stroke, blow (mostly [p. 1972] poet.).

Plur.:

turgentis caudae,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 49:

ventorum,

Lucr. 5, 957; 6, 115:

radiorum (solis),

id. 5, 485; 5, 1104:

aquarum,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 288.—Of the strokes of oars:

puppis Verberibus senis agitur,

Luc. 3, 536; Sil. 11, 493; cf. Ov. H. 18, 23.—

Sing.:

remorum in verbere perstant,

Ov. M. 3, 662:

trementes Verbere ripae,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 24:

adverso siderum,

Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33.—

Trop., plur., lashes, strokes:

contumeliarum verbera subire,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

verbera linguae,

i. e. chidings, Hor. C. 3, 12, 3 (cf.:

verberari verbis, convicio, etc., under verbero): fortunae verbera,

the strokes of fate, Gell. 13, 27, 4.